ANSI/ISEA 138 is a work in progress. The second consensus ballot/public review draft was released in October, 2018.
There are 110,000 lost-time hand injuries annually. Hand injuries send more than one million workers to the emergency room each year. And 70 percent of workers who experience hand injuries are not wearing gloves.
OSHA states that of all injures reported, injuries to fingers and hands account for more than 23 percent, making them the highest in preventable injuries; in terms of lost work days, they rank second only to back and neck injuries.